6 KAPI-MANA NEWS, MAY 17, 2011
NEWS
2010/2011 RATE INSTALMENT FIVE
REMINDER OF DUE DATE 24 MAY 2011
Porirua City Council ratepayers are reminded that rate instalment fve is
due on or before 24 May 2011. A penalty of 10 percent will be added to
any portion of the current rate instalment remaining unpaid on 25 May
2011 and that penalty will be shown on the next rate invoice.
To minimise the risk of future penalties, the Council recommends
payment of rate instalments by Direct Debit. Direct Debit payments
can be arranged on a weekly, fortnightly, monthly or instalment basis.
The bank authority forms are available at our Administration Building,
Cobham Court, Porirua City and the Councils website www.pcc.govt.nz.
Payments can be made at any New Zealand PostShop or their agents;
simply present your latest bar coded rates invoice to pay by cash,
cheque or eftpos. You may also pay by credit card; through the Councils
website www.pcc.govt.nz. You do not have to be a Westpac customer
to use this service. A convenience fee of 2.1% per transaction is applied
with a minimum fee payable of $3.50.
Rates Rebates 2010/11 - You may qualify for a Rates Rebate if your
income is less than $22,340.00 as at 31st March 2010 under a scheme
run by The Department of Internal Affairs. Please phone 04 237 5089
to have an application sent to you or call into the Council Of fce at 16
Cobham Court, Porirua.
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Have your say on transport
A transportation strategy has been drafted by
Porirua City Council, addressing travel by all
modes of transport, and it wants feedback from
the public on the proposal.
PCC technical services manager Geoff
Marshall says the strategy includes a number
of measures to promote alternatives to cars.
Nonetheless, travel by road will continue to
dominate travel choices for the foreseeable
future and this inevitably drives much of the
planning for this area.''
He says the strategy is predicated upon the
construction of the Transmission Gully project,
and the local link roads and resulting distri-
bution of traffic are central to the strategy.
Although Greater Wellington Regional Coun-
cil has primary responsibility for the provision
of public transportation services, he says PCC
has an important role to play through the pro-
motion of public transportation and the pro-
vision of supporting infrastructure.
This requires a financial commitment and
this strategy will ensure that expenditure is
targeted to areas of greatest need.''
He says providing walkways and cycleways
is also important.
Submissions can be filled out online at
pcc.govt.nz or email Tim Kelly at
tim.kelly@paradise.net.nz.
Hard-copies of the strategy document are
available at the Porirua City library and the
Porirua City Council Offices in Cobham Court.
Submissions close May 31.
Outspoken for history
Plain-speaking man: Roger Beauchamp's love for the past and
his work to preserve it has been recognised by the local
historical association.
By KRIS DANDO
Roger Beauchamp has a well-known
penchant for speaking his mind and,
in his advancing years, this is unlikely
to change.
The former president of Porirua
Historical Association -- who was
recently awarded life membership --
can count among his achievements the
establishment of heritage trails
throughout the city, restoration at St
Alban's Church in Pauatahanui and
the RSA war memorial in Titahi Bay.
Although 80 this year, he still
organises the Pauatahanui Anzac Day
service each April.
I've always been a historical per-
son, history is something I've always
loved and I've worked hard to ensure
we're looking after and preserving
things for future generations. Some-
one has to.''
Mr Beauchamp and his wife have
lived at the same address in Cluny Rd,
Plimmerton, since 1960.
When he bought the section, it had
nothing but an army hut on it.
As he could not get a mortgage at
the time, he and a friend built the
house themselves.
Mr Beauchamp has had a life less
ordinary and he can spin a yarn or
two.
Trained as a motor mechanic, he
was in the employ of Sir Clifford
Plimmer at one time, then spent time
overseas before returning to New Zea-
land to settle down''.
He has had spats with other
members of the community over the
years, along with a few run-ins with
Porirua City Council, but makes no
apologies for his often-blunt manner.
Becoming president of the PHA in
the 1990s, following his mother's
footsteps after she was involved in its
early days, he decided in my usual
fashion'' that the organisation needed
a push''.
I had some ideas, didn't want to sit
around with my arms folded like some
did. One of the first ones that seemed
to take hold was the heritage trails,
they had been doing them in Taupo so
I didn't have to think too hard.
I think they're a great thing for
letting people know what's histori-
cally important in an area.
We had to do a lot of lobbying and
submitting to council, showing that
it would have appeal to the
community.''
And Porirua has a rich history --
from early Maori settlement hun-
dreds of years ago, to significant
European input in recent times.
We're sitting on history, literally,
all along this entire coastline.
Part of my mission was to have
the knowledge and skills to make sure
some clown did not come along with a
bulldozer and run through these
sites.''
Mr Beauchamp is still an active
committee member of PHA and Wel-
lington Region Heritage Promotion
Council, and also chairs the Welling-
ton branch of the NZ Founders
Society. He has seen other historical
associations sink'' but believes PHA
is being managed by good people''.
The key to its future is to entice
younger members to be involved, he
says.
Mr Beauchamp hopes to see heri-
tage trails established in Pukerua Bay
soon and to have a permanent public
display at Pataka, outlining Porirua's
development into the city it is today.